game ' s known for . but the technical achievement impressed back in ' 91 , and still does so today . " mega ranked the game its third @ - @ favorite genesis title , and in 2001 game inform ##er called it the 24th @ - @ greatest game of all time . sonic the hedge ##hog has been a commercial success ; the original genesis version sold over 15 million copies by february 2009 , and the mobile version had eight million paid downloads by 2008 . = = = effect on the industry = = = primarily because of its genesis bun ##dling , sonic the hedge ##hog contributed to the console ' s north american popularity . during october – december 1991 ,
game's known for. but the technical achievement impressed back in'91, and still does so today. " mega ranked the game its third @ - @ favorite genesis title, and in 2001 game informer called it the 24th @ - @ greatest game of all time. sonic the hedgehog has been a commercial success ; the original genesis version sold over 15 million copies by february 2009, and the mobile version had eight million paid downloads by 2008. = = = effect on the industry = = = primarily because of its genesis bundling, sonic the hedgehog contributed to the console's north american popularity. during october – december 1991,